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Superconducting Plasma Excitation at Microwave Frequencies in Parallel Magnetic Fields in
Josephson plasma resonance has been studied in a wide microwave frequency
range between 10 and 52 GHz in a magnetic field parallel to the -plane in
under-doped \BI. Above about 30 GHz two resonance modes were observed: one
(LT mode) appears at low temperatures and another (HT mode) at higher
temperatures, leaving a temperature gap between two regions. These two
resonance modes exhibit a sharp contrast each other both on temperture and
magnetic field dependences and show distinct characters different entirely from
the c-axis Josephson plasma resonance. From temperature and field scan
experiments at various frequencies it is suggested that the LT mode can be
attributed to the coupled Josephson plasma mode with Josephson vortices, while
the HT mode is a new plasma mode associated possibly with the periodic array of
Josephson vortices.Comment: submitted to Physica C (Prceedings of Plasma2000, Sendai
Evidence for Skyrmion crystallization from NMR relaxation experiments
A resistively detected NMR technique was used to probe the two-dimensional
electron gas in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well. The spin-lattice relaxation rate
was extracted at near complete filling of the first Landau level by
electrons. The nuclear spin of As is found to relax much more
efficiently with and when a well developed quantum Hall state with
occurs. The data show a remarkable correlation between the
nuclear spin relaxation and localization. This suggests that the magnetic
ground state near complete filling of the first Landau level may contain a
lattice of topological spin texture, i.e. a Skyrmion crystal
Thermodynamic Study of Excitations in a 3D Spin Liquid
In order to characterize thermal excitations in a frustrated spin liquid, we
have examined the magnetothermodynamics of a model geometrically frustrated
magnet. Our data demonstrate a crossover in the nature of the spin excitations
between the spin liquid phase and the high-temperature paramagnetic state. The
temperature dependence of both the specific heat and magnetization in the spin
liquid phase can be fit within a simple model which assumes that the spin
excitations have a gapped quadratic dispersion relation.Comment: 5 figure
Autistic adults benefit from and enjoy learning via social interaction as much as neurotypical adults do
Background:
Autistic people show poor processing of social signals (i.e. about the social world). But how do they learn via social interaction?
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Methods:
68 neurotypical adults and 60 autistic adults learned about obscure items (e.g. exotic animals) over Zoom (i) in a live video-call with the teacher, (ii) from a recorded learner-teacher interaction video and (iii) from a recorded teacher-alone video. Data were analysed via analysis of variance and multi-level regression models.
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Results:
Live teaching provided the most optimal learning condition, with no difference between groups. Enjoyment was the strongest predictor of learning: both groups enjoyed the live interaction significantly more than other condition and reported similar anxiety levels across conditions.
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Limitations:
Some of the autistic participants were self-diagnosed—however, further analysis where these participants were excluded showed the same results. Recruiting participants over online platforms may have introduced bias in our sample. Future work should investigate learning in social contexts via diverse sources (e.g. schools).
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Conclusions:
These findings advocate for a distinction between learning about the social versus learning via the social: cognitive models of autism should be revisited to consider social interaction not just as a puzzle to decode but rather a medium through which people, including neuro-diverse groups, learn about the world around them.
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Trial registration: Part of this work has been pre-registered before data collection https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5PGA
Josephson Coupling, Phase Correlations, and Josephson Plasma Resonance in Vortex Liquid Phase
Josephson plasma resonance has been introduced recently as a powerful tool to
probe interlayer Josephson coupling in different regions of the vortex phase
diagram in layered superconductors. In the liquid phase, the high temperature
expansion with respect to the Josephson coupling connects the Josephson plasma
frequency with the phase correlation function. This function, in turn, is
directly related to the pair distribution function of the liquid. We develop a
recipe to extract the phase and density correlation functions from the
dependencies of the plasma resonance frequency and the
axis conductivity on the {\it ab}-component of the
magnetic field at fixed {\it c} -component. Using Langevin dynamic simulations
of two-dimensional vortex arrays we calculate density and phase correlation
functions at different temperatures. Calculated phase correlations describe
very well the experimental angular dependence of the plasma resonance field. We
also demonstrate that in the case of weak damping in the liquid phase,
broadening of the JPR line is caused mainly by random Josephson coupling
arising from the density fluctuations of pancake vortices. In this case the JPR
line has a universal shape, which is determined only by parameters of the
superconductors and temperature.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B, December
The Aharonov-Bohm Effect in the Fractional Quantum Hall Regime
We have investigated experimentally resonant tunnelling through
single-particle states formed around an antidot by a magnetic field, in the
fractional quantum Hall regime. For 1/3 filling factor around the antidot,
Aharonov-Bohm oscillations are observed with the same magnetic field period as
in the integer quantum Hall regime. All our measurements are consistent with
quasiparticles of fractional charge e*. However, the results are also
consistent with particles of any charge (>= e*) as the system must rearrange
every time the flux enclosed increases by h/e.Comment: Postscript, 4 pages, gzipped (350 kB
Josephson Plasma Resonance as a Structural Probe of Vortex Liquid
Recent developments of the Josephson plasma resonance and transport c-axis
measurements in layered high T superconductors allow to probe Josephson
coupling in a wide range of the vortex phase diagram. We derive a relation
between the field dependent Josephson coupling energy and the density
correlation function of the vortex liquid. This relation provides a unique
opportunity to extract the density correlation function of pancake vortices
from the dependence of the plasma resonance on the -component of the
magnetic field at a fixed -axis component.Comment: 4 pages, 1 fugure, accepted to Phys. Rev. Let
Quantization of the diagonal resistance: Density gradients and the empirical resistance rule in a 2D system
We have observed quantization of the diagonal resistance, R_xx, at the edges
of several quantum Hall states. Each quantized R_xx value is close to the
difference between the two adjacent Hall plateaus in the off-diagonal
resistance, R_xy. Peaks in R_xx occur at different positions in positive and
negative magnetic fields. Practically all R_xx features can be explained
quantitatively by a ~1%/cm electron density gradient. Therefore, R_xx is
determined by R_xy and unrelated to the diagonal resistivity rho_xx. Our
findings throw an unexpected light on the empirical resistivity rule for 2D
systems
Theoretical Investigation of Local Electron Temperature in Quantum Hall Systems
In this work we solve thermo-hydrodynamical equations considering a two
dimensional electron system in the integer quantum Hall regime, to calculate
the spatial distribution of the local electron temperature. We start from the
self-consistently calculated electrostatic and electrochemical potentials in
equilibrium. Next, by imposing an external current, we investigate the
variations of the electron temperature in the linear-response regime. Here a
local relation between the electron density and conductivity tensor elements is
assumed. Following the Ohm's law we obtain local current densities and by
implementing the results of the thermo-hydrodynamical theory, calculate the
local electron temperature. We observe that the local electron temperature
strongly depends on the formation of compressible and incompressible strips.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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